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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

TENURE No.: L.S.R.L. 684. Section 9, Haunui Settlement. Formerly held by H. Beirne. Reason: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: O.R.P. License No. 723. Section 68, Block IX, and Section 10, Block X, Campbelltown Hundred. Former lessee: (Mrs.) Agnes Mitchell. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the license of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

TENURE: Occupation with right of purchase. Section 14, Block XV, Norsewood Survey District. Formerly held by Francis Chalmer Whibley. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of license.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 16th March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1926, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Block XIII, Town of Ward, Flaxbourne Settlement. Area: 3 acres; upset annual rental, £5.

This is the site of the Ward Accommodation-house. All flat land, well watered by Needles Creek, situated within three chains of Ward Railway-station.

The property is weighted with £1,283, valuation for improvements consisting of house of sixteen rooms and wash-house, stable, fowl and pig houses, &c., fencing, windmill, and water-supply.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Rent for first half-year, together with £1 1s. lease fee and valuation for improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the day of the sale.

3. The term will be for twenty-one years from the 1st day of July, 1926.

4. Annual rental will be payable in half-yearly instalments in advance on the 1st day of January and July in each and every succeeding year.

5. The lessee shall not sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of his interest in the lease without the consent of the lessor first had and obtained.

6. The lessee shall throughout the term of the lease keep the accommodation-house upon the land hereby demised open for the use of travellers, and shall supply beds and meals if required to do so at customary tariff.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all noxious weeds and plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which same ought to have been fulfilled.

9. On expiry of the lease a fresh lease will be offered by public auction, and the land will be weighted with valuation for improvements effected in favour of the outgoing lessee, such value to be fixed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Blenheim.

J. STEVENSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Rotorua, 9th March, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned milling-timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Rotorua, at 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 12th April, 1926.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on that parcel of land containing approximately 38 acres, part of Section 19, Block XIV, Rotorua Survey District, about four miles from Mamaku Railway-station.

The estimated quantity of timber in feet, board measure, is 268,700; or in cubic feet, 39,361; made up as follows:—

Upset price, £425. Ground rent, £1 18s. Term of license, one year.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one-quarter of the tendered price, together with one year’s ground rent, £1 18s., and £1 1s. license fee, plus exchange, must accompany the tender, and the balance be paid by three equal quarterly instalments, the first of which shall be paid three months after the date of sale.

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment-payments shall be secured by “on demand” promissory notes made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of State Forests, and interest at 1 per cent. in excess of current bank rates will be charged on all notes overdue from the date of maturity to the date of payment.

2. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold in accordance with the provisions of the Forests Act, 1921–22, the regulations in force thereunder, and these conditions.

3. The attention of all tenderers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the successful tenderer to pay any claims or charges which may be made by that body for the maintenance of the road over which the timber may be transported, and before a sawmill license is issued a letter indicating that satisfactory arrangements have been made in this connection must be produced to the undersigned.

4. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.

5. Each tenderer must state the total price that he is prepared to pay for each species. The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted, and the timber described is submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the tender by the Commissioner of State Forests.

6. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of State Forests to withdraw from sale any or all of the said timber either before or after the closing-date for receipt of tenders.

7. If no tender is accepted for the timber herein mentioned, it will remain open for application at the upset price until further notice.

8. Tenders should be on the special form obtainable from any office of the State Forest Service, and should be enclosed in envelopes addressed “Conservator of Forests, Rotorua,” and endorsed “Tender for Timber.”

The conditions which will be inserted in the license to be issued to the purchaser and further particulars may be obtained on application to the undersigned or to the Director of Forestry, Wellington.

W. T. MORRISON,
Conservator of Forests.